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July 31, 1937

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RUSSIANS ARE TOLD INFORMING IS DUTY; People Are Exhorted to Watch Neighbors and 'Tell on' Them if Suspicious

By Harold Denny

people urged to inform against each other as duty to State

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Japanese Win Marco Polo Bridge And Railway Center Near Peiping; Chinese Unable to Stand Against Tanks, Artillery and Airplanes--Killing of Civilians in Tungchow Uprising Admitted--Americans Rescue Wounded at Nanyuan Barracks

By A. T. Steele

Japanese capture Marco Polo Bridge and Chansintien, strategic ry center

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CLASHES CONTINUE; Large Forces on Road to Peiping Threaten to Ambush Japanese

By Unknown Author

Chinese reptd retreating southward toward Paoting; Peace Preservation Corps, Tientsin, disarmed; Japanese control Tietsin East Ry Station; Taku reptd destroyed; Peiping-Tientsin area quiet except for snipers; map

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2,000 STRIKERS SIT ON TROLLEY TRACKS; Shipyard Men Tie Up Traffic Outside Hamilton Ave. Police Station in Brooklyn

By Unknown Author

police station picketed after arrest of strikers; union protests use of police to break strike; union membership discussed at NLRB hearing

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MAYOR DESIGNATED BY SIMPSON CHIEFS; FUSION RANKS SPLIT; Labor Party Is Cool to Harvey, Morris and Ingersoll-Republicans Back Cooper

By Unknown Author

LaGuardia designated by N Y Co Repub Com and Non-Partisan Citizens Com; Fairchild assails Repub action; Queens Repub Com likely to withhold action; Copeland petitions being circulated

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